Sir William Gillies
French Harbour
About this artwork
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title:French Harbour
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accession number:GMA 1037
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materials:Watercolour on paper
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date created:About 1938
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measurements:48.00 x 63.00 cm
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credit line:Scott Hay Collection: presented 1967
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copyright:The Estate of Sir William George Gillies, RSA, RA © Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture / Bridgeman Images
Sir William Gillies
Sir William Gillies
Born in Haddington near Edinburgh, Gillies studied at Edinburgh College of Art. After graduating, he taught there for more than forty years until his retirement as Principal in 1966, having influenced several generations of artists. A college grant enabled Gillies to go to Paris in 1923 to study, and for…
